In Chinatown

Screen Shot 2018-03-28 At 11.51.15 AM

We've checked in on the huge property at 814 Spring Garden St. a couple times over the years, each time predicting redevelopment for this building, which was a Fedex terminal for a long time. Back in 2012, we told you about a plan to build a three story addition to

Read More
Eastern Render

If you've been near 10th & Vine of late, you've surely noticed the major project under construction on the northwest corner. We first covered this project, the Eastern Tower Community Center, waaaaaay back in the summer of 2011, but it wasn't until the end of last year that the project

Read More
Lawsonia 2013

As we were writing about the upcoming project at 10th & Spring Garden yesterday, we visited the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation website to see whether the organization had posted any info about how the community responded to the project. We came up empty on that front, unfortunately. But we did

Read More
Screen Shot 2017-12-18 At 10.38.58 AM

Maybe six weeks ago, we told you that developers had purchased a surface parking lot and a building on the southwest corner of 10th & Spring Garden, and were planning to build an eight-story mixed-use building. This was exciting to us in a few different ways. First, we're always pleased

Read More
IMG_3057

A reader reached out to us the other day, wondering about some ongoing construction near the corner of 10th & Arch. We seemed to remember writing about something in this neck of the woods previously, and wouldn't you know it, we have! A couple times, as a matter of fact.

Read More
IMG_2038

The Liberty Title & Trust Building at 101 N. Broad St. was built in 1929, rather unfortunate timing for a bank building. Over the years, it was home to a number of different tenants, with the Water Department being the most recent occupant. That was back in the 1990s though, and the

Read More
IMG_1837 (1)

The Art Moderne-style building at 230 N. 13th St. is easy to miss, sitting on the edge of Chinatown and mere steps from the Vine Street Expressway. But the building has some amazing history to it, above and beyond its architecture, which landed it on the Historic Register back in 2008. The building has

Read More
Screen Shot 2017-08-18 At 8.25.29 AM

125 N. 10th St. stands as a unique example of a building that has been designated historic both locally and nationally, even though its defining features only date back to the 1970s. According to the nomination to the local register, the building dates back to the 1830s, but none of the

Read More
IMG_5884_0

There aren't so many immediately recognizable development opportunities in Center City, but last year, a sign at 251 N. 12th St. really drove the point home.We brought this property to your attention, encouraging anyone and everyone to buy it and build something. The property has some good things going for it, like

Read More
IMG_1378

We were on our way to Reading Terminal Market the other day when a demolition notice caught our eye as we zipped down 12th Street. The notice, along with a Stop Work Order, was posted on 214 N. 12th St., a nice enough building that's ultimately an edifice that we don't think anybody

Read More
Search Articles
Follow Us
Never miss a story: sign up to our weekly newsletter
Have A Tip?

Have a story for us? Email us with photos and gossip!

tips@nakedphilly.com